Muhammad. He came near him and said: What is the matter with you? Thereupon he (the prisoner) said: Why have you taken me as prisoner and why have you caught hold of one proceeding the pilgrims (the she-camel as she carried the Prophet on her back and walked ahead of the multitude)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: (Yours is a great fault). I (my men) have caught hold of you for the crime of your allies, Banu Thaqif. He (the Holy Prophet) then turned away. He again called him and said: Muhammad, Muhammad, and since Messenger of Allah ﷺ was very compassionate, and tenderhearted, he returned to him, and said: What is the matter with you? He said: I am a Muslim, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Had you said this when you had been the master of yourself, you would have gained every success. He then turned away. He (the prisoner) called him again saying: Muhammad, Muhammad. He came to him and said: What is the matter with you? He said: I am hungry, feed me, and I am thirsty, so provide me with drink. He (the Holy Prophet) said: That is (to satisfy) your want. He was then ransomed for two persons (who had been taken prisoner by Thaqif). He (the narrator) said: A woman of the Ansar had been taken prisoner and also al-Adbi' was caught. The woman had been tied with ropes. The people were giving rest to their animals before their houses. She escaped one night from the bondage and came to the camels. As she drew near the camels, they fretted and fumed and so she left them until she came to al-, Adbi'. It did not fret and fume; it was docile She rode upon its back and drove it away and she went off. When they (the enemies of Islam) were warned of this, they went in search of it, but it (the she-camel) exhausted them. She (the woman) took vow for Allah, that in case He would save her through it, she would offer that as a sacrifice. As she reached Medina, the people saw her and they said: Here is al-Adbi, the she-camel of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She (the woman) said that she had taken a vow that if Allah would save her on its back, she would sacrifice it. They (the Prophet's Companions) came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and made a mention of that to him, whereupon he said: Hallowed be Allah, how ill she rewarded it that she took vow to Allah that if He saves her on its back, she would sacrifice it! There is no fulfillment of the vow in an act of disobedience, nor in an act over which a person has no control. In the version of Ibn Hujr (the words are):" There is no vow in disobedience to Allah."  

كَانَتْ ثَقِيفُ حُلَفَاءَ لِبَنِي عُقَيْلٍ فَأَسَرَتْ ثَقِيفُ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَسَرَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلاً مِنْ بَنِي عُقَيْلٍ وَأَصَابُوا مَعَهُ الْعَضْبَاءَ فَأَتَى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهْوَ فِي الْوَثَاقِ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ فَقَالَ بِمَ أَخَذْتَنِي وَبِمَ أَخَذْتَ سَابِقَةَ الْحَاجِّ فَقَالَ إِعْظَامًا لِذَلِكَ أَخَذْتُكَ بِجَرِيرَةِ حُلَفَائِكَ ثَقِيفَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ فَنَادَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَحِيمًا رَقِيقًا فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ قَالَ إِنِّي مُسْلِمٌ قَالَ لَوْ قُلْتَهَا وَأَنْتَ تَمْلِكُ أَمْرَكَ أَفْلَحْتَ كُلَّ الْفَلاَحِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَنَادَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ قَالَ إِنِّي جَائِعٌ فَأَطْعِمْنِي وَظَمْآنُ فَأَسْقِنِي قَالَ هَذِهِ حَاجَتُكَ فَفُدِيَ بِالرَّجُلَيْنِ قَالَ وَأُسِرَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ وَأُصِيبَتِ الْعَضْبَاءُ فَكَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي الْوَثَاقِ وَكَانَ الْقَوْمُ يُرِيحُونَ نَعَمَهُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ بُيُوتِهِمْ فَانْفَلَتَتْ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ مِنَ الْوَثَاقِ فَأَتَتِ الإِبِلَ فَجَعَلَتْ إِذَا دَنَتْ مِنَ الْبَعِيرِ رَغَا فَتَتْرُكُهُ حَتَّى تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى الْعَضْبَاءِ فَلَمْ تَرْغُ قَالَ وَنَاقَةٌ مُنَوَّقَةٌ فَقَعَدَتْ فِي عَجُزِهَا ثُمَّ زَجَرَتْهَا فَانْطَلَقَتْ وَنَذِرُوا بِهَا فَطَلَبُوهَا فَأَعْجَزَتْهُمْ قَالَ وَنَذَرَتْ لِلَّهِ إِنْ نَجَّاهَا اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتِ الْمَدِينَةَ رَآهَا النَّاسُ فَقَالُوا الْعَضْبَاءُ نَاقَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهَا نَذَرَتْ إِنْ نَجَّاهَا اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا فَأَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بِئْسَمَا جَزَتْهَا نَذَرَتْ لِلَّهِ إِنْ نَجَّاهَا اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا لاَ وَفَاءَ لِنَذْرٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةٍ وَلاَ فِيمَا لاَ يَمْلِكُ الْعَبْدُ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ حُجْرٍ لاَ نَذْرَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ  

Muhammad. He came near him and said: What is the matter with you? Thereupon he (the prisoner) said: Why have you taken me as prisoner and why have you caught hold of one proceeding the pilgrims (the she-camel as she carried the Prophet on her back and walked ahead of the multitude)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: (Yours is a great fault). I (my men) have caught hold of you for the crime of your allies, Banu Thaqif. He (the Holy Prophet) then turned away. He again called him and said: Muhammad, Muhammad, and since Messenger of Allah ﷺ was very compassionate, and tenderhearted, he returned to him, and said: What is the matter with you? He said: I am a Muslim, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Had you said this when you had been the master of yourself, you would have gained every success. He then turned away. He (the prisoner) called him again saying: Muhammad, Muhammad. He came to him and said: What is the matter with you? He said: I am hungry, feed me, and I am thirsty, so provide me with drink. He (the Holy Prophet) said: That is (to satisfy) your want. He was then ransomed for two persons (who had been taken prisoner by Thaqif). He (the narrator) said: A woman of the Ansar had been taken prisoner and also al-Adbi' was caught. The woman had been tied with ropes. The people were giving rest to their animals before their houses. She escaped one night from the bondage and came to the camels. As she drew near the camels, they fretted and fumed and so she left them until she came to al-, Adbi'. It did not fret and fume; it was docile She rode upon its back and drove it away and she went off. When they (the enemies of Islam) were warned of this, they went in search of it, but it (the she-camel) exhausted them. She (the woman) took vow for Allah, that in case He would save her through it, she would offer that as a sacrifice. As she reached Medina, the people saw her and they said: Here is al-Adbi, the she-camel of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She (the woman) said that she had taken a vow that if Allah would save her on its back, she would sacrifice it. They (the Prophet's Companions) came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and made a mention of that to him, whereupon he said: Hallowed be Allah, how ill she rewarded it that she took vow to Allah that if He saves her on its back, she would sacrifice it! There is no fulfillment of the vow in an act of disobedience, nor in an act over which a person has no control. In the version of Ibn Hujr (the words are):" There is no vow in disobedience to Allah." (Using translation from Muslim 1641a)  

كَانَتْ ثَقِيفُ حُلَفَاءَ لِبَنِي عُقَيْلٍ فَأَسَرَتْ ثَقِيفُ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَسَرَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي عُقَيْلٍ وَأُصِيبَتْ مَعَهُ الْعَضْبَاءُ فَأَتَى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي الْوَثَاقِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ؟ فَقَالَ بِمَ أَخَذْتَنِي؟ بِمَ أَخَذْتَ؟ سَابِقَةَ الْحَاجِّ إِعْظَامًا لِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ أَخَذْتُكَ بِجَرِيرَةِ حُلَفَائِكَ ثَقِيفَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَحِيمًا رقِيقًا فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي مُسْلِمٌ قَالَ لَوْ قُلْتَهَا وَأَنْتَ تَمْلِكُ أَمْرَكَ أَفْلَحْتَ كُلَّ الْفَلَاحِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ فَنَادَاهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ؟ فَقَالَ إِنِّي جَائِعٌ فَأَطْعِمْنِي وَظَمْآنُ فَاسْقِنِي قَالَ هَذِهِ حَاجَتُكَ قَالَ فَفُدِيَ بِالرَّجُلَيْنِ وَأُسِرَتْ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَأُصِيبَ مَعَهَا الْعَضْبَاءُ فَكَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي الْوَثَاقِ فَانْفَلَتَتْ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ مِنَ الْوَثَاقِ فَأَتَتِ الْإِبِلَ فَجَعَلَتْ إِذَا دَنَتْ مِنَ الْبَعِيرِ رَغَا فَتَتْرُكُهُ حَتَّى تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى الْعَضْبَاءِ فَلَمْ تَرْغُ قَالَ وَنَاقَةٌ مُنَوَّقَةٌ فَقَعَدَتْ فِي عَجُزِهَا ثُمَّ زَجَرَتْهَا فَانْطَلَقَتْ وَنَذِرُوا بِهَا فَطَلَبُوهَا فَأَعْجَزَتْهُمْ فَنَذَرَتْ إِنِ اللهُ أَنْجَاهَا عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتِ الْمَدِينَةَ رَآهَا النَّاسُ فَقَالُواالْعَضْبَاءُ نَاقَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي قَدْ نَذَرْتُ إِنْ أَنْجَاهَا اللهُ عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا فَأَتَوْا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ بِئْسَمَا جَزَتْهَا؛ إِنِ اللهُ أَنْجَاهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا لَا وَفَاءَ لِنَذْرٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ وَلَا نَذْرَ فِيمَا لَا يَمْلِكُ الْعَبْدُ  

[Machine] "The 'Adba' belonged to a man from the Banu 'Uqayl tribe. They were captured and their 'Adba' were seized. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by them while he was tied up and said, 'O Muhammad, why do you take me while you spare the leader of the caravan, and I have embraced Islam?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'If you were to say this while having control over your affairs, you would have succeeded in all ways.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'We will take you in exchange for the prisoners of war from your tribe.' The prisoners were two men from the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came riding on a donkey, which had a saddle made of Qatif cloth. He said, 'O Muhammad, I am hungry, so feed me, and I am thirsty, so give me something to drink.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'This is your request.' Then, the man was redeemed with two prisoners. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ detained the 'Adba' for his journey. The Quraysh polytheists were jealous about the plunder of the city, so they took the 'Adba' with them. They captured a Muslim woman and whenever they camped, Abu Muhammad would mention something about their camels in their captives' presence. One night, the woman got up while they were asleep and every time she put her hand on a camel, it would groan. She reached the 'Adba' and rode on the riding camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , which was gentle and had a bell, and upon it, she set off towards Madinah. She vowed that if Allah rescued her, she would sacrifice the camel. When she arrived in Madinah, the camel was recognized as the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ camel. So, they brought it to the Prophet ﷺ and informed the woman of her vow. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'It is a bad reward that you have rewarded her with. Verily, Allah has rescued her, so she should sacrifice the camel. There is no fulfillment of a vow in disobedience to Allah or what the son of Adam does not possess.'"  

كَانَتِ الْعَضْبَاءُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي عُقَيْلٍ فَأُسِرَ وَأُخِذَتِ الْعَضْبَاءُ فَمَرَّ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي وَثَاقٍ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ عَلَى مَا تَأْخُذُونِي وَتَأْخُذُونَ سَابِقَةَ الْحَاجِّ وَقَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَوْ قُلْتَهَا وَأَنْتَ تَمْلِكُ أَمْرَكَ أَفْلَحْتَ كُلَّ الْفَلَاحِ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نَأْخُذُكَ بِجَرِيرَةِ حُلَفَائِكَ» وَكَانَتْ ثَقِيفٌ قَدْ أَسَرُوا رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى حِمَارٍ عَلَيْهِ قَطِيفَةٌ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي جَائِعٌ فَأَطْعِمْنِي وَظَمْآنُ فَاسْقِنِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «هَذِهِ حَاجَتُكَ» ثُمَّ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ فُدِيَ بِرَجُلَيْنِ فَحَبَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْعَضْبَاءَ لِرَحْلِهِ وَكَانَتْ مِنْ سَوَابِقِ الْحَاجِّ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ أَغَارُوا عَلَى سَرْحِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَذَهَبُوا بِهِ فِيهَا الْعَضْبَاءُ وَأَسَرُوا امْرَأَةً مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَكَانُوا إِذَا نَزَلُوا قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّد ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً إِبِلُهُمْ فِي أَفْنِيَتِهِمْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ قَامَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ وَقَدْ نُوِّمُوا فَجَعَلَتْ لَا تَضَعُ يَدَيْهَا عَلَى بَعِيرٍ إِلَّا رَغَا حَتَّى أَتَتِ الْعَضْبَاءَ فَأَتَتْ عَلَى نَاقَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَلُولٍ مُجَرَّسَةٍ فَرَكِبَتْهَا ثُمَّ تَوَجَّهَتْ قِبَلَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَنَذَرَتْ لَئِنِ اللَّهُ نَجَّاهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتْ عُرِفَتِ النَّاقَةُ فَقِيلَ نَاقَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَتَوْا بِهَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَخْبَرَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ بِنَذْرِهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «بِئْسَمَا جَزَيْتِهَا أَوْ بِئْسَمَا جَزَتْهَا إِنِ اللَّهُ نَجَّاهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا لَا وَفَاءَ لِنَذْرٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ وَلَا فِيمَا لَا يَمْلِكُ ابْنُ آدَمَ»  

[Machine] Thaqeef was an ally of the Banu 'Uqayl, and they captured two men from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, and the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ captured a man, and they all had the smallpox. The narration mentioned it as follows: "And a woman from the Ansar was also captured, and she also had the smallpox. So, the woman was in captivity, and the people would relieve themselves of their blessings among their households. One night she escaped from her captors and came across some camels. She would untie them when they approached the basil, and she did not untie them. He said: "And there was a branded camel, and it sat in its place, then it was stirred, and it left. They made a vow about it, so they went to look for it, but it eluded them." He said: "And she vowed that if Allah saved her, she would sacrifice it." So, when she arrived in the city, the people saw her and said: "This is the camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." So, they said: "Indeed, she vowed that if Allah saved her from them, she would sacrifice it for Him." They went to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him, and he said: "Glory be to Allah! How wretched is what she has done! If Allah saved her from them, it was upon her to fulfill her vow, there is no fulfillment for a vow in disobedience to Allah, and in something that the servant does not possess."  

كَانَتْ ثَقِيفُ حُلَفَاءَ لِبَنِي عُقَيْلٍ فَأَسَرَتْ ثَقِيفُ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَسَرَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا وَأَصَابُوا مَعَهُ الْعَضْبَاءَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ كَمَا مَضَى وَفِيهِ قَالَ وَأُسِرَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَأُصِيبَتِ الْعَضْبَاءُ فَكَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي الْوَثَاقِ وَكَانَ الْقَوْمُ يُرِيحُونَ نَعَمَهُمْ بَيْنَ أَيْدِي بُيُوتِهِمْ فَانْفَلَتَتْ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ مِنَ الْوَثَاقِ فَأَتَتِ الْإِبِلَ فَجَعَلَتْ إِذَا دَنَتْ مِنَ الْبَعِيرِ رَغَا فَتَتْرُكُهُ حَتَّى تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى الْعَضْبَاءِ فَلَمْ تَرْغُ قَالَ وَنَاقَةٌ مَنُوقَةٌ فَقَعَدَتْ فِي عَجُزِهَا ثُمَّ زَجَرَتْهَا فَانْطَلَقَتْ وَنَذَرُوا بِهَا فَطَلَبُوهَا فَأَعْجَزَتْهُمْ قَالَ وَنَذَرَتْ إِنِ اللهُ أَنْجَاهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتِ الْمَدِينَةَ رَآهَا النَّاسُ فَقَالُوا الْعَضْبَاءُ نَاقَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا قَدْ نَذَرَتْ إِنِ اللهُ أَنْجَاهَا عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا فَأَتَوَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ بِئْسَ مَا جَزَتْهَا إِنِ اللهُ أَنْجَاهَا عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا لَا وَفَاءَ لِنَذْرٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ وَلَا فِيمَا لَا يَمْلِكُ الْعَبْدُ